I still manage to enjoy a good cup of coffee with a Phillips Senseo brewing machine and pods filled with Columbian roast/Hazelnut flavor. A little whipping cream and some artificial sweetener and I'm just as satisfied as a Starbucks customer. I get 20 cups of coffee from a bag of pods and they cost me $3.99. The cup is ready 60 seconds after I decide I want a fresh cup. No time in line and no gasoline burned. Tossing the pod in the trash takes 5 seconds. Much faster than the 5 minute cleanup job on the espresso machine.
I'm strictly a tea guy -- never drink coffee -- and my normal routine is to stop at Starbucks after my daily run, so I figure at worst I'm only putting back a few of the calories I just burned. In fact, a lot of times they just give me my drink for free because I'm a regular customer and they are already making a fortune off of me. I never get the baked goods or the stuff with whipped cream in it. It's hard to walk two blocks in any direction without running into a Starbucks, and there is always a line. Their profit margin must be enormous.